The study investigates what career-related incentives young and active party members consider when calculating costs and benefits of their party membership.
The findings demonstrate a “super-dilemma” for the young party members who might consider a political career in that they think it is important to leave the party if it departs from their perceived ideology. Hence, they must keep non-political career options open. At the same time, many of the interviewees express concern that their party membership could negatively affect their non-political career.
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